Krisztian Sandor

Krisztian Sandor is a U.S. markets reporter focusing on stablecoins, tokenization, real-world assets. He graduated from New York University's business and economic reporting program before joining CoinDesk. He holds BTC, SOL and ETH.

Krisztian Sandor

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Finance

Tokenized RWA Platform Huma Finance Gets $38M Investment, Plans Expansion to Solana and Stellar’s Soroban

Huma's payment-finance platform aims to address the liquidity needs of trade financing using blockchain technology for faster settlement.

Founders of Huma Finance and Arf (PRNewsfoto/Huma Finance, Arf)

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $58K With Downtrodden Crypto Markets Exposed to Short Squeezes, Says Analyst

The 30-day average funding rates for perpetual swaps slid to negative levels, a rare occasion that marked a bottom in prices historically, K33 Research said.

Bitcoin price on Sept. 10 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethena's Yield Machine Sees $1B Outflows as Crypto Market Cools – But There's Good News

The protocol faced a challenging environment as yields from arbitraging bitcoin and ether funding rates tumbled to near-zero. Even so, its USDe token held steady to its $1 peg.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Tether's $100M Investment in LatAm Agriculture Firm May Be a Tokenization Play

Adecoagro is a founder and partial owner in an Argentina-based agricultural commodities tokenization platform Agrotoken.

Tether already holds a minority stake in the agricultural commodities producer. (Unsplash/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility

The price swing liquidated nearly $50 million of leveraged derivatives positions across all cryptocurrencies in one hour, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Markets

Aptos Leads Losses as Crypto Weakness Continues; Coinbase Shares Fall to 7-Month Lows

Bitcoin tumbled below the $56,000 level on Thursday before a modest bounce.

Bitcoin Price 9/5 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Siemens Issues $330M Digital Bond on Private Blockchain with Major German Banks Including Deutsche Bank

The issuance was the company's first digital bond with fully automated settlement, building on last year's issuance on the Polygon network.

(Hiroshi Higuchi/Getty Images)

Markets

Bitcoin Posts Negligible Bounce, but Extreme Fear Suggests Larger Rebound in Store

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has plunged to levels that previously have presaged a sizable move higher in bitcoin prices.

(Art Institute of Chicago/Unsplash)

Tech

DeFi Protocol Penpie Exploited for $27M of Crypto Assets; PNP Token Craters 40%

Crypto users lost some $2 billion due to hacks, scams and exploits throughout 2023, one report said.

(Alpha Rad/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Could Drop 20% After Fed Rate Cuts in Bearish Case, but Weak September Presents Buying Opportunity: Analysts

Bitfinex suggested bitcoin could fall to as low as $40,000 in a bearish scenario.

Bull and Bear (nosheep/Pixabay)